Homeless / Ex Offender Support Worker

GreenSquareAccord; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + 5 DIY

Birthday day off

Pension scheme 6% match

Sleep-in allowances

DBS check assistance

Job summary

GreenSquareAccord is seeking a Homeless / Ex Offender Support Worker in Birmingham. The role focuses on tenancy-related support for homeless ex-offenders, with opportunities to work in community settings to assist clients in sustaining tenancies and safer communities.

You will provide person-centered support to help clients resettle, maintain confidentiality, and follow a rolling rota including weekends and bank holidays. DBS check will be required following offer.

Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge of the needs of ex-offenders and vulnerable people.
• Ability to work both in a small team and as a lone worker.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and keeping accurate records.
• Full driving licence and access to your own car are essential for the role.

Responsibilities

• Provide tenancy related support to homeless ex-offenders and potential community-based support.
• Deliver person-centred support to help clients resettle and reduce re-offending.
• Complete essential support tasks and maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries.
• Expect a rolling 4-week rota including weekends and bank holidays; sleep-ins payable.

Skills

Experience with ex-offenders

Lone worker capability

Microsoft Office proficiency

Driving licence

Job description

Job Title- Homeless / Ex Offender Support Worker

Location- Birmingham, B29 7JS

Salary- £13.74 per hour

Contract type- Permanent

Working hours- Full Time - 35 hours - Sleep in shifts required

Shift Patterns - Early - 07.30 - 14.30 Mid - 08.30 - 17.00 Afternoon/ evening - 15.00 - 23.00 - sleep in -23.00 - 07.30

• Additional Sleep-in allowance £108.00 per sleep in - 7/8 Sleep ins required per month - Get paid for sleeping!

About the Service

GreenSquareAccord has delivered offender-based services for over 60 years in the West Midlands. We are recognised as the leading organisation to support and house offenders in Birmingham. You will join a highly experienced and established team as part of the overall city-wide Birmingham Scheme. Our long-standing effective relationships with West Midlands Police and Probation Service helps us to continue to offer the very best tenancy related support to those involved in the criminal justice system.

In your new role, you will:

• The post is based in our Selly Park accommodation project offering tenancy related support to homeless ex-offendersThere will be opportunities to work in the community to support ex-offenders within their own tenancies
• Provide person centred support to our clients to resettle them back into the community; leading to fulfilled lives, improved life choices, a reduction in offending and safer communities.
• Take responsibility for completing all essential support tasks as a Support Worker whilst maintaining professional boundaries and confidentiality.
• Special Requirements: The post holder will be expected to be part of a 4 week rolling rota which will include working weekends and bank holidays. You will be expected to complete on average 6/7 sleep ins a month, you will be paid additionally £97.24 per sleep in.
• Our staff safety comes first, our enhanced security policy and measurements ensure that all staff is protected during their shift.

You will ideally have:

• Experience and relevant knowledge of the needs of ex-offenders and vulnerable people and how these needs can be met.
• Confident to work within a small team as well as being a lone worker
• Be proficient in using Microsoft Office packages and maintaining accurate written records.
• A full Driving Licence and access to your own car is essential for this role
• Able to work as part of a rollng rota which will include weekend and bank holidays, you will be paid additionally for sleep ins.

Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require a DBS check to be completed. Further details will be sent following offer.

About us

We are GSA, we provide affordable homes and services that create a foundation from which people in our communities can thrive.

We own and manage 25,000 homes in diverse communities across the West Midlands and Southwest.

Everyone deserves a home, it`s a place from which we build our future, we thrive at home.

We are proud to play an active role in dealing with the consequences of the housing crisis, by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most.

Often a home is all someone needs, but when our customers need more, we offer a range of services, including care, money advice and coaching to support them.

We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system.

The GSA Way

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.

A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.

Our five core commitments are:

• We believe our customer is everything
• We are one team
• We are supportive and caring
• We are business-minded for social purpose
• We are curious and ambitious.

Benefits

In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes.

• Trust based flexible working and supportive and friendly teams
• 25 days annual holiday entitlement, increasing to 30 days
• One day off for your birthday
• Opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• A defined contribution pension scheme GSA matches up to 6% contributions
• We offer a service which provides 24/7 online GP appointments, second medical opinions, health checks, mental health support, 24/7 medical health helpline, wellbeing app, nutrition advice and fitness plans and legal and financial support.
• Access to Blue Light discount card membership
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Eligible for occupational sick pay

GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.